Aeroplane



May f14, 1929.

Filed Dec. 14,y 192s CICCOIANNI AEROPLANE ATTbRNEY MaY 14, 1929- J. clccolANNi 1,713,421

AEROPLANE Filed Dec; l14, 1928 2, sheets-sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented vMay 114,` l19.29.

' UNITED sTaj'ras JOSEPH cIccomNNI, on nnrnorr; MICHIGAN.

AEROPLAFEL Application led December I1.4, 1928. Serial No.f326,13l. .I

, This invention relates to improvements in aeroplanes, the general object of the invention being to provide the plane with -a horizontally arranged propeller ,for facilitating the ascending and descending movements of the plane andy also to provide means for moving the upper wing of the plane into a diag-v onal position so that the wing will act to check the forward movement of the plane and render possible 'a quick landing without a long glide.

- `This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts,-to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated 1n` the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

-In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like; or

corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of the improved Y plane.

ing the shaft to a shaft 7 driven from .the motor of the device.

The up er wing A is pivotally-supported'- adjacent its vfront by the posts 8 which'are suitably attached to the lower wing B or other part of the plane. The rear posts9, or some of said posts, are each formed with an arp-shaped upper part 10 having a slot 11 therein, the slots being engaged by the rollers 12 attached to the tall art of the wing A. These rollers and slots orm guiding means when the wing is'moved on its pivots.

A drum 13 is rotatably arranged in the fuselage and a 'cable 14 passes over said drum and over the guiding pulleys 15, one of which is arranged on the upper end of one of the retrograde movement'. This dog can peller 3. v

From the foregoin it will be seen that the` clutch can be-engage and disengagedatthe same time that the drum is partlyrotated to` posts 9 and the ends ofthe cable are attached to the tail of the wing A, so that as the drum 1s rotated, the cable will act t'o raise or lower 'the taill end of the win according to the direction of movement o the drum. Thus the wlng A can be moved from its normal horizont'al position, shown in dotted linesin Fi u re 2, to a diagonal position shown in ful llnes in Figure 2. .Inthis latter position, the wing acts as a brake to check the forward movement of the craft. A. handle V16 isattached to the shaft ofthe drum s o that the drum can be partly rotated by said lever, a

holding dogy 17 enga ing .the,ratchet wheel 19 on the shaft for holding the drum against e released throughmeans of the edal part 19 thereon. A link 20, having a s otted end 21, engaging an arm 22 on the shaft, has its other end connected with the clutch' fork 23l Whereby the clutch can be moved to operative and illoperativelposition by shifting the handle :Ihe opening 2 in the upper wing and the opening 2 inthelower `wing should be made' large enough so as not to interfere with the passage of the air currents created bythe proraise and lower the upper wing, and when the wing is 1n lowered position and the horizontal` propeller 3 is revolving, the ascend-v ing and descending movement of the plane is vvfacilitated and the out along glide.

It is thought from the foregoi'n description that the advantages and novell eatures of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes'may be plane can land withmade in the construction and in the combinaf tion and arrangement of the several parts,

provided that such changesffa'll within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is An 'aircraftcomprising upperand lower wings, means for plvota-lly connecting the front end ofthe upper wing to its supporting members, guiding means for the tail end f the wing, means connected with the tail end of the wing for lowering and raising the same, a` vertically arranged shaft passing through the upper Wing, a horizontally rranged propeller on the upper end of the shaft, means for driving the shaft from the motor of the craft, the last mentioned means including clutch means and manually operfor raising and lowering the tail end of the 10 upper wing.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH CICCOIANNI. 

